Pillar.



No. 778,925. PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905; A. VETTERLY.

PILLAR.

APPLIOATIO-H FILED MAY 17. 1904.

- UNITED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

PILLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,925, dated January3, 1905.

Application filed May 17, 190 1. Serial No. 208,442.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST VETTERLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Buffalo, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in Pillars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to masonry columns or pillars and tothe blocks usedin the construction thereof. These blocks are not limitedto any particular material, but may be made of stone, cement, clay,wood, or other material.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved and ornamentalconstruction by the use of blocks having the novel characteristicshereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a rectangularpillar constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofone of the courses thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a round columnconstructed according to the invention. Fig. 4: is a plan view of one ofthe courses of the pillar shown in Fig. 3.

The pillars are constructed of a plurality of blocks superposed incourses in the manner hereinafter described and bound together by slabsand tie-rods.

Referring specifically to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the blocks areindicated at 6, and each block has in the side thereof near the endsgrooves 7 disposed vertically. Each course in a rectangular pillar isformed of two blocks set oppositely with the grooves faced toward eachother. These grooves receive the side edges of slabs 8, which arecemented in place and serve to connect and bind the blocks and alsospace them at proper distance apart. These slabs may be made of glass,wood, marble, or other material and are preferably ornamented, so thatthey form when in place ornamental panels, which add materially to theappearance of the pillar. The successive courses are laid with theblocks crosswise of each other, as indicated in Fig. 1, and are set inmortar or cement. The ornamental slabs 8 will thus appear or show inalternate courses on the respective sides of the pillar, and by reasonof the location of the holes 9 are at the inner corners.

the grooves 7 a short distance from the ends of the blocks 6 will setback such distance from the face of the pillar and be thus protected tosome extent from injury. If the slabs are made of glass, a transparenteffect will be obtained by the passage of light through the glass andthe hollow space therebetween, and if colored or ornamented glass beused novel and pleasing effects result. To strengthen the pillar, theblocks have in the ends thereof vertical holes 9, which are located toregister when the successive courses are laid, and r0ds'10 are runthrough these holes to bind the courses together. Instead of the rodssoft cement may be run down in the holes to fill the same, which cementwhen it hardens produces a result similar to the rods referred to. Thepillar is shown erected upon a base 11 and having a cap 12.

In the column shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the blocks, with the grooves andholes therein, and also the slabs, are indicated by the same symbols;but the parts are differently arranged and located to suit the differentshape. the grooves 7 are in the ends of the blocks and When the coursesare laid, the blocks are staggered and overlap each other at the ends,where the holes 9. register to receive the binding rods or cementheretofore referred to. The slabs 8 Thus are set edgewise between theblocks, with their ends in the grooves. Preferably the blocks are set sothat the front corners thereof in the successive courses form a straightline or corner from the bottom to the top of the column, as shown inFig. 3, the curvature of the column causing the rear corners of theblock to overlap to bring the holes 9 in register.

It will be seen that in the column when transparent slabs 8 are used thetransparent effect is obtained, since the column is hollow and theblocks are spaced apart so that light may pass through, the ornamentaleffect of which when colored or ornamental glass is used may be readilyappreciated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pillar formed of blocks spaced apart courses, the blocks havinggrooves and holes in the ends, which holes register in the successivecourses, slabs between the blocks and having their edges in the grooves,and rods extending through the holes.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

AUGUST VETTERLY.

Witnesses:

JOHN FIsHER, J. E. BOMMERSOHEIN.

